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Author Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick, 1957-

Title Prescribed norms : women and health in Canada and the United States since 1800 / Cheryl Krasnick Warsh
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Part I, Rituals. Wendy's last night in the nursery : the "disease" of menstruation and its treatment ; Gladys, take your medicine! The culture and business of menopause -- Part II, Technologies. Traditional childbirth : mothers and babies ; Modern childbirth : mothers and doctors ; Future childbirth : doctors and babies -- Part III, Professions. Networks of support, networks of opposition : the medical education of women ; Nursing : the science of womanly arts -- Epilogue : the case for chaos
Summary "By comparing ritual practices of various cultures, Prescribed Norms demonstrates how looking at women's health through a masculine lens has distorted current medical understandings of menstruation, menopause, and childbirth, and has often led to faulty medical conclusions. Warsh also illuminates how the shift from informal to more formal, institutionalized treatment impacts both women's health care and women's roles as health practitioners"--Pub. info
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-303) and index
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Subject Women -- Health and hygiene -- Canada -- History
Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- History
Women's health services -- Canada -- History
Women's health services -- United States -- History
Women's Health -- history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Women's Health Services -- history
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
HISTORY -- North America.
Women -- Health and hygiene
Women's health services
SUBJECT Canada
United States
Subject Canada
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442686557
1442686553